Tour Tidbits
Britian burned portions of the Capitol during this war.
What is the War of 1812?
This is Congressman Calvert’s favorite football team.
What is the LA Rams?
15 of the 19 terrorists were from this country.
What is Saudi Arabia?
He was the first Secretary of State, second Vice President, and penned the procedural rulebook for the House of Representatives.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The original dome, completed in 1824, was wood coated in this metal.
What is copper?
These are the two California Statues in the US Capitol and their locations.
What are President Reagan (Rotunda) and Father Junipero Serra (Old House Chamber)?
Congressman Calvert serves on these two subcommittees.
What are HAC-D and Energy and Water?
9/11 precipitated the creation of this agency.
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
He was the shortest serving President.
Who is William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841)?
The reinforced axe handles flanking the American flag in the House Chamber are called this, referencing Roman Centurions.
What is Fasci?
This famous Italian figure is hidden in the last image depicted in the Capitol Frieze.
Who is Da Vinci?
Congressman Calvert reauthorized this agency in the mid 2000s.
What is NASA?
Osama Bin Laden was located and killed in this country.
What is Pakistan?
This president was a football star at the University of Michigan and turned down offers to play professional football.
Who is Gerald Ford?
The interior dome of the Capitol Rotunda possesses an opening, called this.
What is an oculus?
Name Five of the Presidents that have statues in the Rotunda.
Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, Truman, Ford, Reagan, Eisenhower, Grant, Jackson.
Congressman Calvert attended these two colleges.
What are Chaffey College and SDSU?
The initial attempt to bomb the World Trade Center was in this year.
What is 1993?
This is the maximum number of years someone can serve as President.
What is 10 years?
The current cast iron dome is approximately this heavy, within 1 million pounds.
What is 8.9 million pounds?
The Supreme Court moved into its current building in 1935. That plot of land held these two federally relevant places before the current court's construction.
What is the tavern where SCOTUS met and the Old Brick Capitol?
Congressman Calvert defeated this currently-serving California Democrat in two general elections in the 1990s.
Who is Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39)?
United Flight 93 crashed in this Pennsylvania town.
What is Shanksville, PA?
He was the first President to serve two non-consecutive terms, preceding President Trump.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
FINAL JEOPARDY
Welles Crowther, estimated to have saved 18 lives on 9/11, became known as this.
The nickname went on to become a documentary title, a uniform for Boston College's football team, and the humanitarian award for the Premier Lacrosse League.